The Nineteenth Century: The Contradictions of Progress
- ISBN-10
- 0500040095
- ISBN-13
- 9780500040096
- Series
- The Nineteenth Century
- Category
- Nineteenth century
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- [New York] McGraw-Hill [1970]
- Author
- Asa Briggs
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